2023 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

ShanghaiRanking began to publish world university ranking by academic subjects in 2009. By introducing improved methodology, the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) was first published in 2017. The 2024 GRAS contains rankings of universities in 55 subjects across Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences. More than 1,900 out of 5,000 universities across 96 countries and regions are finally listed in the rankings. The GRAS rankings use a range of objective academic indicators and third-party data to measure the performance of world universities in respective subjects, covering in 5 major evaluation categories such as World-Class Faculty, World-Class Output, High Quality Research, Research Impact and International Collaboration. The index of international academic awards is based on Academic Excellence Survey (AES) conducted by ShanghaiRanking.(Methodology)

100 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Central South University Central South University	284.1	100.0
2	China University of Mining and Technology	274.6	73.1
3	Northeastern University (Shenyang) Northeastern University (Shenyang)	237.3	77.3
4	China University of Mining & Technology-Beijing	237.2	53.9
5	Monash University Monash University	231.7	43.2
6	Sichuan University Sichuan University	224.3	41.6
7	Chongqing University Chongqing University	208.3	41.6
8	Shandong University of Science and Technology	205.8	42.7
9	University of Science and Technology Beijing	205.7	69.6
10	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales	197.7	40.1
11	Wuhan University Wuhan University	197.5	33.2
12	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology	192.6	27.3
13	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia	192.2	49.5
14	Shenzhen University Shenzhen University	189.6	28.6
15	The University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide	189.1	40.4
16	China University of Geosciences China University of Geosciences	187.7	56.3
17	Southeast University Southeast University	186.1	27.7
18	Henan Polytechnic University Henan Polytechnic University	183.3	30.6
19	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	182.4	66.2
20	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	181.9	32.1
21	Shandong University Shandong University	180.3	26.4
22	Curtin University Curtin University	179.4	48.0
23	Tianjin University Tianjin University	176.0	30.2
24	China University of Geosciences Beijing China University of Geosciences Beijing	175.9	67.1
25	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	173.9	27.7
26	Hohai University Hohai University	170.4	26.4
27	Xi'an University of Science and Technology	170.2	28.1
28	Colorado School of Mines Colorado School of Mines	167.2	32.9
29	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University	166.9	20.2
30	Laurentian University Laurentian University	164.7	28.1

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020